@laughingmind.bsky.social
Stoking #digitalhealth #tech4good skills, SMB Digital #Atlassian tinkerer, Tech ProjMgt for ~30yrs #buddhistgeek #infosec #MedTech
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Downtime: #eMobility Lab. Dad of 3. OT. Carer. #ecovillage #Yuin #Darkinjung #Barkindji place
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Downtime: #eMobility Lab. Dad of 3. OT. Carer. #ecovillage #Yuin #Darkinjung #Barkindji place
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Find out just how organised and deliberate groups are - which push climate disinformation to us through the Senate's live public hearings into climate disinformation - here right now #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/hK5-rDw...
Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy | Melbourne, VIC | 30/09/2025
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Find out just how organised and deliberate groups are - which push climate disinformation to us through the Senate's live public hearings into climate disinformation - here right now #auspol > www.youtube.com/live/hK5-rDw...
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ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of the energy in their fuel. Electric vehicles are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain: EVs need not convert one form of energy to another resulting in much higher efficiency.
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This is a must read, all the way to the end, from @timhollo.bsky.social. The best analysis I’ve seen of the bad faith tactic of the major parties of presenting pro fossil mining environmental policy and then bullying the cross bench into supporting it:
Blogging today on the inanity of politics and the banality of ecocide.
Here, perhaps for the first time ever, we have a piece of writing that includes Sun Tzu, Hannah Arendt, and Nelson Muntz.
I think it says something useful. And I think it is slightly hopeful, at the end.
Here, perhaps for the first time ever, we have a piece of writing that includes Sun Tzu, Hannah Arendt, and Nelson Muntz.
I think it says something useful. And I think it is slightly hopeful, at the end.
Wedgie politics & the banality of ecocide
On the adolescent inanity of politics at the end of the world as we know it
There's something so banal about the way the latest "attempt" to "reform" Australia's "environment laws" is unfolding.
[Is...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is a must read, all the way to the end, from @timhollo.bsky.social. The best analysis I’ve seen of the bad faith tactic of the major parties of presenting pro fossil mining environmental policy and then bullying the cross bench into supporting it:
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“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Here’s the thing, Bill Gates: There’s no ‘patch’ for the climate crisis. And there is no way to reboot the planet if you crash it. The only safe and reliable way out when you find yourself in a climate hole is to stop digging—and burning—fossil fuels.” — @michaelemann.bsky.social
Love seeing #engineering excellence emerge from #HunterNSW ecosystem, its a diverse industrial base, perfect for ventures like this to emerge: www.onmarket.com.au/offers/austr... #evretrofit needs manufacturers productising kits suited for collectors and #fleetops #HunterIF
Check out Australian Electric Vehicle Specialists P/L upcoming offer via OnMarket
Click the link to get more info and register your interest.
www.onmarket.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Love seeing #engineering excellence emerge from #HunterNSW ecosystem, its a diverse industrial base, perfect for ventures like this to emerge: www.onmarket.com.au/offers/austr... #evretrofit needs manufacturers productising kits suited for collectors and #fleetops #HunterIF
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A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler. Spoiler: human on bicycle.
(I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
(I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler. Spoiler: human on bicycle.
(I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
(I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this)
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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We cannot see powers devolved to states and territories, we need stronger environmental laws, with more oversight. To the businesses complaining that they want less regulation, tough, a healthy and biodiverse planet is far more important than your profits. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Shock and anger’ as Labor proposes giving states more power over fossil fuel projects
Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakened
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We cannot see powers devolved to states and territories, we need stronger environmental laws, with more oversight. To the businesses complaining that they want less regulation, tough, a healthy and biodiverse planet is far more important than your profits. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
Lol. "If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says Murdoch. “I don’t know if this is still the case. It was quite a few years ago and I was never told which pub it was.”" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AWSoutage
#AWSoutage
Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together
Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all crashing down …
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Lol. "If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says Murdoch. “I don’t know if this is still the case. It was quite a few years ago and I was never told which pub it was.”" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
#AWSoutage
#AWSoutage
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Many voters can’t spot political misinformation – Croakey Health Media
www.croakey.org/many-voters-...
By Professor Sora Park, Dr Jee Young Lee, and Dr Kieran McGuinness
www.croakey.org/many-voters-...
By Professor Sora Park, Dr Jee Young Lee, and Dr Kieran McGuinness
Many voters can’t spot political misinformation
Introduction by Croakey: As the Senate examines the growing threat of disinformation and its impact on public understanding of climate
www.croakey.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Many voters can’t spot political misinformation – Croakey Health Media
www.croakey.org/many-voters-...
By Professor Sora Park, Dr Jee Young Lee, and Dr Kieran McGuinness
www.croakey.org/many-voters-...
By Professor Sora Park, Dr Jee Young Lee, and Dr Kieran McGuinness
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🚨The "No" campaign against the Indigenous Voice was a fossil fuels-led sham.
A major ARC study finds "Advance" a was massive spreader of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the May federal election.
One of biggest impediments to fossil fuels = Indigenous rights.
theklaxon.com.au/9w0g
A major ARC study finds "Advance" a was massive spreader of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the May federal election.
One of biggest impediments to fossil fuels = Indigenous rights.
theklaxon.com.au/9w0g
"Advance" major spreader of fossil fuels lies before federal election: ARC study - The Klaxon
The group that ran the “No” campaign against the Indigenous Voice was one of the biggest spreaders of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the federal election, a major study has found.
theklaxon.com.au
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🚨The "No" campaign against the Indigenous Voice was a fossil fuels-led sham.
A major ARC study finds "Advance" a was massive spreader of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the May federal election.
One of biggest impediments to fossil fuels = Indigenous rights.
theklaxon.com.au/9w0g
A major ARC study finds "Advance" a was massive spreader of fossil fuels propaganda ahead of the May federal election.
One of biggest impediments to fossil fuels = Indigenous rights.
theklaxon.com.au/9w0g
#eMotos increasingly used for stoopid riding. Manufacturers work hard to innovate #emobility product that can help disrupt #dirtbike markets with cleaner, quieter options for things like #enduro - here's how they should be ridden. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTEC...
2025 vs 2023 Surron Ultra Bee // Which One Are We Racing at TKO?
YouTube video by Electric Cycle Rider
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#eMotos increasingly used for stoopid riding. Manufacturers work hard to innovate #emobility product that can help disrupt #dirtbike markets with cleaner, quieter options for things like #enduro - here's how they should be ridden. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTEC...
This ones going into my #tech4good collection. Thanks for profiling important but under-rated work like this @dylnbkr.bsky.social
We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
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In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This ones going into my #tech4good collection. Thanks for profiling important but under-rated work like this @dylnbkr.bsky.social
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So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘For every $100 of gas exported, Australia gets 43 cents’: Unions open new tax battle
The federal government this week overhauled its superannuation tax reforms. Now the union movement says it should radically overhaul taxes on gas exports.
www.smh.com.au
October 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So, Australia collects 43 cents per $100 of exported gas.
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Qatar collects 46 DOLLARS per $100 of exported gas
And Norway collects 56 DOLLARS per $100 of exported oil
This is not just a piss take ... it's the out and out theft of our natural resources.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
October 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.
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⚖️ AI medical devices are only as effective as their regulations.
Set the bar too high, and innovation stalls. Too low, & patient safety is at risk. A new Nature Digital Medicine paper introduces CORE-MD, a framework to strike that balance.
Read more ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Set the bar too high, and innovation stalls. Too low, & patient safety is at risk. A new Nature Digital Medicine paper introduces CORE-MD, a framework to strike that balance.
Read more ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
⚖️ AI medical devices are only as effective as their regulations.
Set the bar too high, and innovation stalls. Too low, & patient safety is at risk. A new Nature Digital Medicine paper introduces CORE-MD, a framework to strike that balance.
Read more ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Set the bar too high, and innovation stalls. Too low, & patient safety is at risk. A new Nature Digital Medicine paper introduces CORE-MD, a framework to strike that balance.
Read more ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
As a #vw #kombi tragic, it's so good to see the level of thought being put in by #syncaru into this 2WD>4WD conversion on a T3 transporter using #subaru drivetrain. Can't wait to see this hit the road: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAvY... #syncro
SYNCARU BUILD Episode 1: T3 VANAGON 2WD TO 4X4 AWD CONVERSION!
YouTube video by Reversaru
www.youtube.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Oh, FFS. Tax churches. Tax the fossil fuel industry. Tax major corporations. Tax Rupert Murdoch. Leave home owners ... most already struggling with things like mortgages, insurance premiums, rates, maintenance etc etc ... alone. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In the interests of fairness and the Australian economy, it’s time to start taxing the family home | Peter Siminski and Roger Wilkins for the Conversation
Income from investing in owner-occupied housing is tax-free, while all other investments attract tax
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Oh, FFS. Tax churches. Tax the fossil fuel industry. Tax major corporations. Tax Rupert Murdoch. Leave home owners ... most already struggling with things like mortgages, insurance premiums, rates, maintenance etc etc ... alone. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
An understandable response after recent #ebike #emobility fatalities in WA, but it also begs overlap into sales of other non-registerable products like #motocross bikes with ICE powertrain: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... Expect pushback from private property owners.
Police commissioner wants import restrictions on e-bikes, inquiry told
The regulation of e-bikes and e-scooters is under the spotlight at a WA parliamentary inquiry, which has heard calls for tougher rules around their sale and testimony from trauma doctors.
www.abc.net.au
August 6, 2025 at 4:56 AM
An understandable response after recent #ebike #emobility fatalities in WA, but it also begs overlap into sales of other non-registerable products like #motocross bikes with ICE powertrain: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... Expect pushback from private property owners.
Grateful for grounded-reality authors who offer a different, pragmatic take on what #productivity actually needs focus on: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Productivity starts in our kitchens and at the school gate
Productivity is an economic concept, but it should be fired by the universal human experience of being driven mad by unnecessary stuff that makes life harder.
www.abc.net.au
August 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Grateful for grounded-reality authors who offer a different, pragmatic take on what #productivity actually needs focus on: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Interesting to trip across this work in mapping out #AIrisk produced by #MIT: airisk.mit.edu - can see it being pretty handy in running #systemstesting frameworks, mapping incidents. #techtesting #SecOps
The MIT AI Risk Repository
A comprehensive living database of over 1600 AI risks categorized by their cause and risk domain
airisk.mit.edu
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Interesting to trip across this work in mapping out #AIrisk produced by #MIT: airisk.mit.edu - can see it being pretty handy in running #systemstesting frameworks, mapping incidents. #techtesting #SecOps
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🚨🧵 by @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on Twitter, on the damage done by #Covid (silently, well after the acute phase).
🚨 COVID "cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more SYSTEMIC DISEASE that leaves long-term effects." 🚨
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19436...
🚨 COVID "cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more SYSTEMIC DISEASE that leaves long-term effects." 🚨
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19436...
July 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨🧵 by @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on Twitter, on the damage done by #Covid (silently, well after the acute phase).
🚨 COVID "cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more SYSTEMIC DISEASE that leaves long-term effects." 🚨
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19436...
🚨 COVID "cannot be simply regarded as a respiratory disease; it should also be considered a more SYSTEMIC DISEASE that leaves long-term effects." 🚨
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19436...
Would be nice if the #nationals didn't conflate support for bush-wide mobile coverage and the popularity/relevance of that policy with being pro-nuclear. McKenzie was right to pull up #ABCbreakfast on need to respect #RegionalAus vote.
May 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Would be nice if the #nationals didn't conflate support for bush-wide mobile coverage and the popularity/relevance of that policy with being pro-nuclear. McKenzie was right to pull up #ABCbreakfast on need to respect #RegionalAus vote.
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Digital devices, data centres & ICT now use 6%–12% of global electricity — and water use is rising too.
@unctad.bsky.social’s Digital Economy Report calls for a global shift towards a circular digital economy.
▶️ unctad.org/der2024
@unctad.bsky.social’s Digital Economy Report calls for a global shift towards a circular digital economy.
▶️ unctad.org/der2024
May 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Digital devices, data centres & ICT now use 6%–12% of global electricity — and water use is rising too.
@unctad.bsky.social’s Digital Economy Report calls for a global shift towards a circular digital economy.
▶️ unctad.org/der2024
@unctad.bsky.social’s Digital Economy Report calls for a global shift towards a circular digital economy.
▶️ unctad.org/der2024
Nice design work evident in this #architecture shortlist for small spaces as a sanctuary/flexible space for #carers needing a break: architectureau.com/articles/Stu... #tinyhomes
Studio Uno by Mihaly Slocombe Architects
A relocatable studio at the rear of a Melbourne terrace creates an adaptable sanctuary as a Dependent Person’s Unit, offering inspiration for granny flats and compact homes.
architectureau.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Nice design work evident in this #architecture shortlist for small spaces as a sanctuary/flexible space for #carers needing a break: architectureau.com/articles/Stu... #tinyhomes